The saucer landed and one of the tiny little men said, “Take me to your leader!” I would, but I didn’t know who my leader was. ~ Jonathan Winters

With this novelty rock and roll record by comedy alien Jonathan Winters we finally get away from the Buddy Holly universe, although still in the realm of Decca's pop offshoot Coral Records. One wishes Winters' contribution to these tracks was a little more substantial, Stan Freberg-ian these sides ain't, but you sense him playing along gamely enough. A few years later in his career he might have invested them with a little more character (his string of brilliant Verve Records comedy LPs was still a couple of years away).

Amazingly, Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu (by Eddie V. Deane, who also wrote Cha Cha Joe for the Three Suns, among other musical footnotes) was also covered by Dicky Doo and the Don'ts. I confess I haven't heard their version, but it's hard to imagine them truly doing the song the justice it deserves.